Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan 2 sets a new record in the US ahead of its release

The highly anticipated sequel has already set a new record for itself in the American markets by opening on 1100 screens across the country.

This makes the Ponniyin Selvan 2 the biggest Tamil release in the United States. So there is a strong chance it will beat the 50 crore US collection of Part One.

Ponniyin Selvan Part 2 will also create history by being the first South Indian movie to be released in the immersive 4DX format.

The First Indian movie to do so was the 2019 action-adventure movie Thugs of Hindostan, which starred Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead.

Ponniyin Selvan was a huge critical and commercial success becoming the highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2022 and the fifth highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time with a total box office collection of 500 crores.

The movies are based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel, Ponniyin Selvan, Which focuses on the Chola dynasty specifically Rajaraja Chola and his rise to power.

The franchise was long thought to be unadaptable for the big screen with countless stars and producers trying and failing over the years including MGR and Kamal Hassan.

Veteran director Mani Ratnam has been trying for years to get the movie made and finally got the project in motion in 2019.

Official production for the movie started on December 11, 2019, in Thailand with a budget of 500 crores, and both part 1 and part 2 were shot back to back. Production wrapped on March 2022.

Ponniyin Selvan 2 clocks in at two hours and thirty-seven minutes, and whole ten minutes shorter than Part 1.

The music for the movie is composed by A.R. Rahman and the first single titled Aga Nga has crossed over 18 million views on Youtube in less than two weeks.

Ponniyin Selven boasts of an ensemble main cast that includes Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Prabhu.

Ponniyin Selvan 2 will hit theaters worldwide on April 28th, 2023.